Topics: Nature Reserves

Be sure to check out these 10 woods whilst exploring Kent, each offering something a little different across the county.

• Activities
• Nature Reserves
• Save Our Woodlands
• Walking
• Woodland

Kent Wildlife Trust Volunteer Margery Thomas explains the nature of heathland habitat at our stunning Hothfield Heathlands Nature Reserve and how our volunteer teams help us to protect this important and beautiful reserve.

• Birds
• Flowers
• Heathland
• Hothfield Heathland
• Nature Reserves

Terrified cows being chased by teenagers, litter strewn over nature reserves, and the inevitable onslaught of mass pumpkin dumping in the woods – as Halloween approaches, Wardens at Kent Wildlife Trust head for their litter pickers in a bid to combat the rise in anti-social behaviour typically experienced at Halloween.

• Press release
• Nature Reserves

Signage with scannable QR codes has been installed to help people learn about nature and raise awareness of specially protected wildlife areas after a spate of incidents

• Press release
• Nature Reserves

Overlooking the English channel, the Capel-le-Fern reserve has great views of the chalk cliffs that gives the White Cliffs of Dover its name.

• Coast
• Nature Reserves

Purchased in 2023, this ancient woodland site sits on top of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With beautiful grassland valleys on one side, and the Forestry England woodland on the other Covert wood is part of wonderful wider landscape.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

As part of the Save Our Woodlands appeal, join us to celebrate East Blean woods.

• Walk
• Nature Reserves
• Save Our Woodlands

Chalk grassland – also known as chalk downland or lowland calcareous grassland – is an increasingly rare habitat and one of the richest in Western Europe. In England, it’s mostly found on the North Downs but there are also patches scattered along the East Kent coast.

• Chalk Grassland
• Habitat Restoration
• Nature Reserves
• Polhill Bank
• Species

Learn a traditional countryside skill whilst contributing to the restoration of a planted hedge at Lydden Temple Ewell.

• Safari
• Farming
• Nature Reserves

Celebrate what autumn has to offer at Hothfield Heathland by meeting the Reserve Warden to discover the heath's flora and fauna.

• Safari
• Nature Reserves
• Walking
• Wilder Kent Safaris